No one is ever going to seriously consider a material change in the value of the meter or second (other than refinement of better implementing the value). Both enter into the derivation of so many derived units that it completely changes ALL science and measurement. If the second is frozen, a day is about 86400 of them, and you can slice and dice different ways. As months are not SI, you can tamper with the calendar (although no one has enough objection to the Gregorian calendar that you have a chance of success).
If "Gregorian" is allowed to "generalize" the century year rules (we should soon consider a leap day every 5th instead of 4th century year), it will be fine for millenia. The rule of leap year every four years, with exception rules for century years is MUCH easier to remember, than elaborate schemes. The world's business software handles the variable month length pretty well. At any rate, significant change in the meter or second is significantly off-topic to a forum advocating the expanded usage of the SI in the US. Topics like an improved realization of the kilogram (without changing its nominal value) are on-topic. ________________________________ From: Brij Bhushan Vij <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, August 21, 2010 11:27:10 AM Subject: [USMA:48411] On Defining Metre New (m') RE: Speed of light Harry sir: I reported the updated value published in Times, New York dated 1972 December 4th in my contribution "The Metric Second" published in ISI Bulln., V25 N4, 1973 April through Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi in my attempt to redefine LENGTH UNIT - Metre, in terms of Velocity of Light, when integrated with Unit for Time, Second & Metric Second (1973). Currently my thought-line suggest linking Time Unit & Length Unit via the arc-Angle as: 1/10^5th of surface distance on Earth, considered as a hypothetical sphere of 6371 kilometre, projected to list for benificial consideration. Please see: http://www.brijvij.com/bb_deci-sec-nu-mtr.pdf Regards, Brij Bhushan Vij (MJD 55429)/1726+D-230W34-06 (G. Saturday, 2010 August 21H11:43 (decimal) EST Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda The Astronomical Poem (revised number of days in any month) "30 days has July,September, April, June, November and December all the rest have 31 except February which has 29 except on years divisible evenly by 4; except when YEAR divisible by 128 and 3200 - as long as you remember that "October (meaning 8) is the 10th month; and December (meaning 10) is the 12th BUT has 30 days & ONE OUTSIDE of calendar-format" Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 (365th day of Year is World Day) ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar***** "Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai" My Profile - http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_2col-vipBrief.pdf Author had NO interaction with The World Calendar Association except via Media & Organisations to who I contributed for A Possible World Calendar, since 1971. HOME PAGE: http://www.brijvij.com/ Contact via E-mail: [email protected] Brij Bhushan shared an online file with you and it's saved on SkyDrive. This file will be available until 11/19/2010. To view this file, just click the link above. Share your own online docs with Hotmail ________________________________ Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 06:31:12 -0700 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:48410] Speed of light Lots of interesting metric talk in this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light HARRY WYETH
